Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 5th Street

Ocean View Avenue and Brighton 5th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Ocean View Jewish Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
780 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Neptune Av/Brighton 6 St · B4
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ocean View Avenue & Brighton 5th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 780 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    780 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/Brighton 6 St, 830 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/Brighton 6 St B4
    830 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Brighton 5th Street (both sides).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309457 and 309932.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 253 School
    570 feet
  2. Family Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  3. Mazel - F.R.E.E. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Neptune School
    920 feet
  2. Mazel Day School
    930 feet
  3. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  4. Ip Training Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  5. Learn and Explore Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  6. Buratino International Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  7. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Hebrew Alliance Free of Brighton Beach Synagogue House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Ocean View Jewish Center House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 28 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 5th Street or Ocean View Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.